Why OEGlobal – OEGlobal

OEGlobal is a nonprofit that fosters open education by supporting the global community that is passionate about keeping education open and accessible to all.
OEGlobal provides a space through events, networks, and platforms to build and support our global community of practice.
OEGlobal constantly fosters opportunities to co-create, share ideas and collectively grow and spread openness in education around the world.
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Open Education Global (OEGlobal) is a worldwide community with a robust membership that seeks to transform education systems everywhere by fostering a movement foregrounding openness in all aspects of education.
Education should be open, accessible, and available to all. It should not be treated as a commodity or restricted to a select few. Open Education is crucial for transforming education into a shared, collaborative public good.
Open Education Global (OEGlobal) is a dedicated international non-profit organization that serves as a global advocate for open education. It comprises a diverse community of educators, students, researchers, innovators, activists, and policymakers who are united in transforming education systems worldwide. Since 2008, OEGlobal has been at the forefront of the global Open Education movement, promoting the application of open principles across all educational areas.
OEGlobal is the one organization focused exclusively on open education worldwide.
Our primary role is to connect. OEGlobal facilitates knowledge exchange, advances sustainable systemic change, and amplifies the impact of open education initiatives. We provide platforms for building an international community dedicated to sharing ideas and best practices, and we help link local efforts to global movements.
We promote, support and advance open education around the world.
Empowerment through education
OEGlobal’s primary role is to serve as a connector. We facilitate knowledge exchange, promote sustainable systemic change, advocate for open policies, amplify impact, and link local open education initiatives to global efforts. In 2021, OEGlobal published its Strategic Vision 2030: Open For Public Good. This vision guides our work through three main focuses: Field Building, Knowledge Exchange, and Value Co-Creation.
OEGlobal provides a space through events, networks, and platforms to build an international community of support and practice. We foster opportunities to co-create and share ideas that promote growth and spread openness in education worldwide.
These core beliefs shape OEGlobal’s vision:
OEGlobal, in partnership with its members and community, aims to:
The interests of OEGlobal’s member organizations and individual open educators are broad and diverse. Open Education has a rich history of providing opportunities for those who often face barriers to access. OEGlobal continues and builds on this tradition by focusing on new forms of open education supported by digital technology, the Internet, and encouraging cultures of sharing.
On behalf of our members and the open education community, OEGlobal organizes a variety of networking activities and events each year, including Open Education Week (OEWeek), the Open Education Awards of Excellence, the OEGlobal Conference, the OEGlobal Tour. We celebrate and empower open educators through our regional nodes: CCCOER, OELatam and OEGlobal Francophone.
We foreground the work of open educators through the OEGlobal Voices podcast and sessions of OEGlobal Live! We gather the Open Education community to discuss all matters related to Open Education through our events, and daily on OEGlobal Connect and the Global Discussions On Open Education LinkedIn group.
These initiatives enhance awareness, promote collaboration, validate, make visible and celebrate excellence in open education worldwide.
You can see how we put these principles and goals into action by browsing through OEGlobal’s activities below:
OEGlobal events and awards are organized to support the work of its members and the global open education community.
field buildingknowledge exchange
Our global platforms and regional nodes provide the community with online forums to support their open education work, wherever they are.
knowledge exchangevalue co-creation
OEGlobal partners with other open movement and education organizations that share common goals and aspirations.
value co-creationfield building
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